Criminal Justice and Tax Reforms Moving On

The Georgia House of Representatives voted to approve a wide-ranging package of changes to the state's tax code. Included in HB 386, which emerged from the Special Joint Committee on Georgia Revenue Structure, are the following revisions:

Enabling Failing Schools

Atlanta, Georgia, 2/22/2012 - The Georgia House of Representatives passed legislation that would reinstate the commission charged with authorizing charter schools, the first step in an effort by advocates of educational options to overturn a State Supreme Court decision that struck down the commission last year. Nationwide, though, there is a sentiment of comfort with failing schools.

"Assault on Women Health"

Women voters outnumber men by millions. Maybe Republicans should have thought of that before launching "the most comprehensive and radical assault on women's health in our lifetime," according to House Minority Leader, Nancy Pelosi.